Cuban deputies of the International Relations Commission analyzed the possible world scenarios until 2023, dominated by the increase in geopolitical struggles and the aggressiveness of the United States, and by the advance of nationalist and xenophobic sentiments in some regions.

Antonio Rodríguez, vice president of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (INRH) reported that 1.6 million Cuban saw their water supply services improved in 2017, and another 168,000 their dwelling´s sewage system.

Havana's Conference Center is hosting today the tenth regular session of the eighth legislature of the People's Power National Assembly, at which lawmakers will debate, among other issues, the execution of the State budget.

Cuban Vice President José Ramón Machado Ventura received the general secretary of the Farabundo Martí Front for National Liberation of El Salvador (FMLN), Medardo González, who is chairing a delegation from El Salvador to visit the island.

China has expressed its willingness to strengthen cooperation with Cuba''s biopharmaceutical industry, with growing global recognition due to the scientific results and the achievement of effective products in the treatment of several diseases.